Inclined to avoid the spotlight
The crossword clue "Inclined to avoid the spotlight" is answered by SHY, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
SHY
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHY answer page.
Used 8 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2017; first recorded in 2009. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHY
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHY, most used first.
- Bashful - used 229 times, most recently in 2026
- Timid - used 114 times, most recently in 2026
- Retiring - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Short - used 56 times, most recently in 2025
- Like a wallflower - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Reserved - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
- Diffident - used 29 times, most recently in 2024
- Not outgoing - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
- Introverted - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Far from forward - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
- Lacking - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
- Like a shrinking violet - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Reticent - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Withdrawn - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Just short - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- Short (of) - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Unassertive - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Deficient - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Unlikely to make the first move - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Demure - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
- Hardly outgoing - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Not forward - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Recoil - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Sheepish - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Skittish - used 8 times, most recently in 2005
- Like wallflowers - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Reluctant to mingle - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Like Bashful - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Mousy - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- "Once bitten, twice ___" - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Owing - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Owing the pot - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Shrinking - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
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- "___ the season ..." - TIS, used 398 times
- To the ___ degree - NTH, used 389 times
- In the manner of - ALA, used 367 times
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